I have a1900, purchased for printing small-to-midsize prints and CD/DVD
printer, and can honestly say that after 20 years of buying Epsons this
is the only one in which I have been completely and unequivocally
disappointed, and the only one I deeply regret having purchased and
would never recommend to anyone.
It's failings are many and irksome, and while I refuse to put myself in
a bad mood this late at night by listing them, the matter of drop size
is important because it's something Epson blatantly misrepresented. At
the time I bought the 1900 Epson was touting it as using a 1.5 picoliter
drop, and this was the factor that convinced me to buy it. However,
with my first prints it it became immediately evident that this was not
the case, and that it was incapable of producing prints that met my
standards.
I tried for months to get a decent print out of it, and I suppose that
for glossy snapshot lovers it may be just the ticket, but for anyone who
demands better-- and certainly for anyone who loves matte prints-- it's
horribly inadequate. No, let me rephrase that: it's godawful.
(Now, my 3800 and 7880 are different stories entirely...)
The atrocious performance of the 1900, and Epson's original
misrepresentation of its capabilities, have caused me for the first time
to have doubts about Epson quality as a whole and, more importantly,
where the company is headed.
I remember the long-ago days when Gateway made very high end, very high
performance computers for intelligent people who knew how to use them
and superb tech support ...and I remember when they began racing down
that slippery slope of turning out dreck for the masses. Does that
company even exist anymore? I really find myself wondering if the 1900
is the veritable canary in the coal mine, signaling a similar decline
for Epson.
Best wishes,
Shoshanna
Gold Beach - South Coast of Oregon
http://www.pbase.com/shoshanna
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